As usual the number of baby birds turning up at the Obs is increasing daily with the highlight this morning being a pair of juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers, one of which was ringed while the other decided that it would rather try its luck in Essex and headed off high over the Orwell.
As usual a group of 12 Swifts were hawking round the Observatory this morning and 3 Swallows headed south over the reserve. A juvenile Chiffchaff was at the Butts Ponds, presumably the result of a nearby pair and 3 Rook headed high and north.
On the sea 8 Curlew, 3 Mallard, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Avocet and a Fulmar headed south.
Palpita vitrealis is a regular scarce migrant but not usually seen until later in the Autumn.
Ringing: 4 House Sparrow, 2 Linnet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Great Tit, 1 Robin